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Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research

Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research is a research topic within Urology. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 16.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the standardization of terminology, diagnosis, and treatment of lower urinary tract function, with a specific emphasis on conditions such as lower urinary tract symptoms, benign prostatic hyperplasia, overactive bladder, and urinary incontinence. It also explores urodynamic practices, neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, detrusor overactivity, bladder outlet obstruction, and interstitial cystitis.

  • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Overactive Bladder
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Urodynamic Practices
  • Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
  • Detrusor Overactivity
  • Bladder Outlet Obstruction
  • Interstitial Cystitis
  • Prostate Inflammation
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 923 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 923 works
  3. 3 Italy 355 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 310 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 301 works
  6. 6 Japan 290 works
  7. 7 India 282 works
  8. 8 Germany 259 works
  9. 9 France 208 works
  10. 10 Russia 170 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 31.2%China: 20.5%Italy: 7.9%United Kingdom: 6.9%6 others listed: 33.6%31%largest
United States1,402 · 31.2%China923 · 20.5%Italy355 · 7.9%United Kingdom310 · 6.9%6 others listed1,510 · 33.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research, followed by University of Pittsburgh and Tzu Chi University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 27 works
  2. 2 University of PittsburghUnited States 27 works
  3. 3 Tzu Chi UniversityTaiwan 26 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 26 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 21 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 17 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 17 works
  10. 10 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 17 works

Where is Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research done?

The largest centres of Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hualien City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 122 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 103 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 97 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 88 works
  5. 5 Rome Italy 84 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 74 works
  7. 7 Paris France 74 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 71 works
  9. 9 New York United States 63 works
  10. 10 Cleveland United States 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Hualien CityTW · 39.2 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Tzu Chi University, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Anhui Medical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 21.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tzu Chi University: 26, 33.1%Vita-Salute San Raffaele University: 9, 26.6%Anhui Medical University: 11, 30.6%Sichuan University: 21, 28.4%University of Pittsburgh: 27, 13.6%University of Michigan: 22, 27.9%University College London: 20, 19.8%Bond University: 8, 8.3%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 26, 1.8%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 13, 23.5%Tzu Chi UniversityAnhui Medical Univer…Sichuan UniversityVita-Salute San Raff…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Tzu Chi UniversityTaiwan 81.133.1%85.8×26 +32.7%
2 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly 59.026.6%10.9×9 -33.8%
3 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 53.730.6%5.5×11 +95.2%
4 Sichuan UniversityChina 52.128.4%1.9×21 +72.7%
5 University of PittsburghUnited States 51.013.6%5.4×27 +12.5%
6 University of MichiganUnited States 50.527.9%2.5×22 -17.5%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 50.319.8%2.2×20 +31.9%
8 Bond UniversityAustralia 49.18.3%19.0×8 +124.0%
9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 49.01.8%7.0×26
10 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 48.923.5%4.1×13 +72.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.